NEW DELHI – An image shared across multiple Facebook and Twitter postswhich claim that it shows Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wearing atraditional Arab keffiyeh during his visit to Saudi Arabia. The claim isfalse; the image has been doctored to add the headdress.

This image was published in this link poston October 30, 2019, and it has also been published herelink, here link and herelink on Facebook and herelink on Twitter alongside the same misleading claim.

Translated, the Hindi-language caption reads: “Another Hindu heart emperorwho became a monk in Kedarnath has today become an Arab. Every day is a newdrama and a new character.”

Below is a screenshot of the post:(Screenshot of misleading Facebook post)

Kedarnathlinkislocated in north India and its templelink is consideredsacred in the Hindu religion.

Modi visited the temple in May 2019 to pray while dressed as a monk, asreported herelink.

The claim is false; the image has been doctored to add the traditionalkeffiyeh headdress. – APP/AFP

Modi visitedlinkSaudiArabia on October 29, 2019. His tour of the country was reportedlinkbyAFP.

The original photograph used in the manipulated image is one of four photospublished on Twitterlink by Modi’s officeon the day of his arrival.